[April 17^th] [undecipherable] 1790 N York Saturday afternoon, 17 April Sir I just arrivd & found your note of this date on my return to my office. I shall with pleasure endeavor to assist you in your Inquiries. But as it may be more satisfactory to you to apply especially to the Clerks — or the Secretary of State, or both, It is my opinion that you had better do so in writing — a letter is about the facts are therein usually not easily mistaken or be iterated With respect to Mr Fluckers estate it is my own earnest wish to have all affairs, relative to [undecipherable] here to be [undecipherable] a conclusion as the [undecipherable] earnestly to [undecipherable] — the [undecipherable] all belong also [undecipherable]